Passionate Uprisings: Iran's Sexual Revolution Could not be more timely. Recommended.
Can Islam Be French?: Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics) Compelling, timely and by the master of the subject.
Israel's Occupation Unvarnished and hard-hitting by a leading critic.
The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army As a witness to the struggle to remake the Army, I can think of no more reliable account than this book.